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Small Black and Glossy
Roger Thomason	#1 Posted on 24-06-2009 10:23
Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5248 Joined: 17.07.08	Lots of these small (<4mm ish) flies about at the moment. Are they identifiable??? Roger Thomason attached the following image: [38.08Kb]


Roger Thomason	#2 Posted on 24-06-2009 10:24
Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5248 Joined: 17.07.08	2 Roger Thomason attached the following image: [92.89Kb]


Roger Thomason	#3 Posted on 24-06-2009 10:24
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Stephane Lebrun	#4 Posted on 24-06-2009 17:49
Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07	Male Fannia sp. Stephane.


Roger Thomason	#5 Posted on 24-06-2009 19:23
Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5248 Joined: 17.07.08	Thanks Stephane I'd never have guessed that...most of the ones I've seen before have that light brown kind of sheen from certain angles (worn look?), These must be new out of the box. Regards again....Roger Disregard the above load of guff...I was thinking of Azelia. Roger Edited by Roger Thomason on 25-06-2009 14:52


Nikita Vikhrev	#6 Posted on 24-06-2009 20:24
Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9229 Joined: 24.05.05	sp., as Stephane wrote, but 95% F.serena. Roger, do you have serena in your famous "List"? Edited by Nikita Vikhrev on 24-06-2009 20:31 Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University


Roger Thomason	#7 Posted on 24-06-2009 21:43
Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5248 Joined: 17.07.08	Nikita Vikhrev wrote: sp., as Stephane wrote, but 95% F.serena. Roger, do you have serena in your famous "List"? Hi Nikita The "Famous List" of which you speak contains many wondrous names, one of which is the species Fannia serena. So this is what it looks like... Cheers....Roger .